I see that the first 2 stages require AMD CPUs. For the other stages INTEL system can be used, or not?

thanks

It would make sense that AMD be used throughout, but it is unclear atm...

The main stages are indeed AMD limited, the precision challenges are not platform limited.

So we can use intel cpu on a gigabyte motherboard with 5870 graphics card for the four precision challenges

thanks richba5tard

with a gigabyte 5870 of course

Stage two - Is that a gpu score from the Vantage bench?

Yes.

I am unable to make public any results for '03. All others are fine...any way around this problem? I have re-installed another OS, but no go.

Are you using 980X or any other very recent VGA card? This might be due to the FM Systemscanner-thing not working properly

Are you using 980X or any other very recent VGA card? This might be due to the FM Systemscanner-thing not working properly

 

Using Gigabyte 5770, Gigabyte mb, and AMD 1090T for the contest. I can public all other bench's but '03. Anyone else having a problem with this? Got some great results but can't submit... PM'd Admin at the ORB but no reply yet.

Edited May 5, 201015 yr by rickss69

I would really like to submit this one for stage 3...hate to get torpedoed by a third party.

 

 

Rick, don't you have any other processor to try? you don't need a 6core, not even a 4core for stage 3.

I don't have problems with i5/750.

Also catalyst 10.4 are not FM approved. i guess this is not a problem, is it?

I can't publish either

I'm using an i7-960 w/ HD5870 SOC and 10.4 drivers.

When you said you can't publish you mean that you can't upload the result to FM?

Make sure you are using the system info. When i don't use system info i cannot upload

I'm using system info and I have the latest patch. I had a 50268 score yesterday but I couldn't make it public because of ORB not working (as usual). As far as I remember the orb has never been working

What happens if several results are the same in the Precision Challenge ? ect. if 5 people hit the score 50268

We will cut the prize in X equal parts, with X = the amount of people who hit the target.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J/k: 2) If multiple people hit the target, a lucky draw between the people who hit the target will determine who wins the prize"

I finally managed to publish a score! Despite having the latest patch I could only publish two of ~10 scores from yesterdays benching.

I hit the spot 3 times, but ORB didn't like two of them...

Figured it out guys...it's the patch for '03 that is snafu. Uninstall then reinstall '03 without the patch. You can then make public without further headaches.

Three hoorays for FM's update system?

 

Nice one Rick ... I'm happy you're actually posting this in a public forum and not holding the info for yourself!

I posted this on their forum as well...see what comes of it. Btw, Vantage also has this bug, but not as severe.

FYI, yesterday I installed the latest patch, ran 3dmark03 10 times in a row, and only 2 of 10 validations were publishable. So you can publish scores with the patch, but not all it seems... Now I don't know how much of this is update system not working, and how much is just ORB not working

Lose that patch XO - I never had a problem until I used it.

W/o patch I couldn't publish any score at all (out of 10+).